vercly to wound j on receiving it, the young birds fpring up and flutter, and by 
thd'e ft ru ggles are tumbled over the Ihelve, fall into the fea, and are picked up by 
the boat-men. 
Frequently the parent birds, that on the firft alarm flew away, return, on ap- 
prehending that dangers are encompaffing their infant charge. They return, to 
yield them protection, and to lhare their fate— and they often do more than 
lhare it. 
Senfible of the above frequently-praCtifed ftratagem to obtain and deftroy their 
defencelefs progeny, fome of the molt courageous and affectionate parent birds 
perch on the edge of the neft, and interpofe their wings between the fowler and 
his aim. Fie cannot gain his end but by wounding the parent alfo. — How little 
to be envied would the feelings of that perfon be, who could difcharge a fowling- 
piece, and tranfmit the leaden deaths in fuch a line ! 
When the weather is fine, the infulated and perforated cliffs — the vaft grottos 
and caverns underneath — and ftately columns of rock rifing from the deep, along 
thefe bold and precipitous fhores — yield the molt noble and charming field of pic- 
turefque fcenery to amufe a fea excurfion. 
The more general tranquillity and increafing light of earlieft day, is mcft fa- 
vourable to fhew thefe rocks in the fulleft effeCt of their majeftic beauty. The 
level rays of the morning, fparkling along the waves, reflecting the light in ever- 
varying and animating forms of brightnefs — the diverfity of orient and ruddy tints 
that fpring from the glowing tiara of diflolving clouds, which commonly encircle 
and precede the fplendors of the rifing fun — the deep gradations, and the length 
of fliade thrown from the projecting and fufpended cliffs, and darkening into the 
caverns folemn gloom — have in them an awful and commanding charm, for the 
delight of all who can rife to contemplate and admire the native majefty of the 
works of creation. 
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